Picture This! The Real Cost of Prison Expansion at Community College of Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania community colleges had their funding cut by $23.6 million, or about 10%, in last year’s budget. This equals the cost of about 236 of the new prison beds the state is building. This year, Governor Corbett has proposed cutting community college funding by an additional 4%.
These cuts are just one piece of Governor Corbett’s attack on higher education. This year, he has proposed slashing funding to state schools by 20% and state-related universities by 30%. This is on top of cuts of about 18%, or $160 million, to state and state-related colleges last year.
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Just because it’s a little dreary outside doesn’t mean it’s dreary inside the GRP offices! We’re so excited for camp, we want to start a few weeks early! That’s where Barracuda Club comes in, a weekly drop-in program for GRP campers and girls in our neighborhood! Check out our website for more information!
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Picture This! The Real Cost of Prison Expansion, in front of Benjamin Franklin High School.
This past fall, Benjamin Franklin High School lost $2.1 million, 26% of its budget, to Governor Corbett’s funding cuts. They lost 19 teachers, an assistant principal, and the entire culinary arts program. And they had to downsize their Student Success Center, a key support for connecting students to college access.
For more on the impacts of funding cuts at Ben Franklin HS, see: http://thenotebook.org/summer-2012/124850/pushing-college-tight-times
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Picture This! The Real Cost of Prison Expansion
Picture This! at Philadelphia’s City Hall. Governor Corbett’s proposed budget would eliminate General Assistance, the temporary cash assistance that helps thousands of Philadelphians, including many struggling to overcome addiction and homelessness. 34,843 people in Philadelphia stand to lose this crucial support if Corbett gets his way. Cutting General Assistance will drain $87.5 million from people across the city.
For more on the potential impacts of General Assistance cuts, see: http://www.citypaper.net/news/2012-03-29-news.html
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Picture This! in front of the Philadelphia School District while the School Reform Commission votes on the dramatically reduced budget.
Corbett’s current budget cuts $21.6 million from Philly’s public schools. This comes after decades of disinvestment in public education and after $840 million in statewide cuts to public education in last year’s budget. Due to this systemic underfunding, the School Reform Commission, led by Corbett-appointee Pedro Ramos, is proposing to close 64 schools in the next 5 years and hand off many of our public schools to private management companies.
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picture this!: Decarcerate PA launches Picture This: the Real Cost of Prison Expansion 
Governor Corbett’s budget slashes millions from public education and social services while continuing to fund the state’s $685 million prison expansion plan. This plan will add over 5000 new beds to the Pennsylvania prison system.
We believe in a different set of priorities for Pennsylvania….
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I listened to this interview of Carrie Brownstein this morning and I really liked it. It made me feel better about life. Not sure why, exactly. But it gave me hope.
Well, to start, I like hearing “successful” people, especially artistic folks, talk about failure. It reminds me that I need to stop being so perfectionist.
I am not sure how I feel about the way that she talks about sexuality/queerness/gender.
Anyway, I am So Into podcasts/radio shows right now.
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